Tabloid week

The Daily Star reports that Christine Bleakley is 'a giggling airhead' after a survey rates Daybreak as the most unpopular programme ever

Christine Bleakley: one half of Daybreak's Grumpy and Giggly presenting team (Handout)

If you don’t watch much television, modern newspapers must be completely
baffling. Take Wednesday’s Daily Star. The big story was about Amy Childs,
who fears she is being “squeezed out” of The Only Way Is Essex.

“The sexy model, 20, erupted after she worked out that newcomers and extras
get twice the screen time she does,” the paper reported in a tone of
outrage. “In last week’s episode, Amy was on screen for just five minutes.”

Just five minutes? Whatever is the world coming to? By contrast, the paper
reported that Joey got eight minutes and 20 seconds, while “surgically
enhanced” Chloe was granted six minutes and 50 seconds. It is slightly
alarming to learn that somebody has been sitting in front of The Only Way Is
Essex with a stopwatch.

If you find any of the above at all exciting, do get out much, much more.
You’ll find the